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astray concerning the Attributes of Allah; Jahmiyah, Mu'tazilah and<br />
Asha'irah who either denied or misinterpreted the Names and<br />
Attributes of Allah instead of accepting them without reservations.<br />
Ibn Hajr (rahimahullah) writes in Sharh al-Bukharee,<br />
"…The Salaf intensified their rejection of these trends, such<br />
as Abu Haneefah, Abu Yusuf and ash-Shafa'ee and their<br />
refutation of the Ahlul-Kalaam is well known. The reason behind<br />
such severe censure is that the Ahlul-Kalaam discussed issues<br />
concerning which Allah's Messenger and his Sahabah had<br />
acquired silence.<br />
Those who came after the three generations, magnified upon<br />
the issues… They did not contend themselves until they confused<br />
the fundamental issues of Deen with philosophy, which they<br />
considered to be the Asl (the foundation) (instead of the texts of<br />
the Deen), to which everything had to be referred to and they<br />
made Ta'weel (interpretations) of all narrations that<br />
contradicted their philosophy. They did not stop at that. They<br />
further claimed that their compilations were the noblest<br />
knowledge and most deserving to be studied and whosoever did<br />
not make use of their interpretation was an ignorant layman.<br />
Thus, fortunate is he who holds on to the way of the Salaf and<br />
refrains from the innovations of the Khalaf (the<br />
late-comers) and if he is unable to do so, he<br />
should only take what is needed and make<br />
the way of the Salaf his basic goal."<br />
[Fath al-Baree (13/253)]<br />
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